Reed-plate for tongued instruments.



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No. 669,449. Patented Mar. 5, I90I. E. P. STARK.

REED PLATE FOR TONGUED INSTRUMENTS.

(Application filed Oct. 16, 1900.)

(No Model.)

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I Germany, have'invented new and :0 section'along it it, Fig. 2;,

and whichare '25 consists in a reed-plate 30 or apertures forming holes UNITED STATES ERNST PAUL STARK, .oF

PATENT 1 OFFICE.

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REED-PLATE roR TONGUED INSTRUMENTS.

SlfECIFICATION forming part of Letters smite. 669,449, dated March 5, 1901.

' Application filed October 1 ,1900. as no. 33314. (No model.)

Too/ll whom it mag/concern):

Be it knownthat I, ERNsT PAUL STARK, a subject of the King of Saxony, residing at -Markneukirch en, in the Kingdom of Saxony,

provemnts in Reed-Plates for Tongued In struments, of which the following is a. specification'i" This invention relates to a reed-plate for it: tongued musical instruments, which consists of two parts secured to one another and punched or cut so as to have stiffening-ribs and connecting-clips.

This invention is set forth-in the following 15 specification and claims and illustrated in the annexed drawings, in which Figure 1 is a planyiew of reeds. .hig. 2 is a plan view ofi the apertured portion. Fig. 3 is asection along-N N, Fig. l. Fig. 4 is a Fig. 5 is a sectional view of the superimposed parts forming the reed-plate. l ig. 6 is a section along S S, Fig. .5. v

As seen in the drawings, the ilmn-ovement for musical instruinents of Various lfinds, said plate being of characteristic construction and shape. The plate consists'of the tongue-plate a; and supporting-plate 1). Plate Z1 is pro ided. with slits These slits or holes are bordered by ribs 1 which are formed during the punching, operation. These ribs, not only impart special stiffness to the plate a b, but the reeds z lying between these-ribs r punched or formed integral with plate a give a very pleasant full tone. The tongue-plate a, moreover, is providcd with small slits or holes, which serve for the entry or engagement of the connectinguseful 1m clips o,-formed on the slitted or apertu'red supporting-plate b. Theconnection of the tongne-plate a with slit-plate b'is effected? by placing onepiate'on the other-in such manner that the clips '12 pass through theslifsn', and said clips being then bent oyerat their-ends the two plates are se'curelyun'ited to form a stilf str uctu re. 'It is immaterial iftwo reed-plates a are connected with oneapertn re-plate b,as shown,

for example, in the drawings, for, if desired, only one reed-plate can be fastened to an aperture-plate, as required by the nature of the respective instrument. 1.Z=.ets, screws, or

' other fastenings could be applied in place of clips 1:.

by Letters Patent, is v 1'. A reed-plate for musicaiinstruments consisting of a supporting-plateformed with i 60' a series of clips and a seriesofiopenings bordered by a series of stiflfeningwrib's, and a plate mounted upon said snpporting plate and provided with a series of integral tonguesand a series of openings through which extend said clips for securing the plates together.

which is l'ormed with In testimony my hand in the witnesses.

. ERNST PAUL STARK. \Virnesses: J. 'lnnonoa soHUsTER, PAUL .ScHUs'rEn;

\Vhat I claim as new, andqiesire to secure 5 :2. In combination a pair of plates, one of": r

a series of.-inte'., raltongues and openings and the other with stiifv(minga'ihsand means for securing the two plates together. 

